Static route if outgoing interface is down or next hop is unreachable

[Bruce123]

Hi all,

 

I am just wondering what the expected behaviour should be if the outgoing interface of a static route goes down (or the next hop address is unreachable)?

 

E.g. ip route 10.10.10.10 255.255.255.0 1.1.1.1

 

Where the local outgoing interface goes down or 1.1.1.1 won't respond to pings (which is an obvious consequence of the former), will this static route removed from the effective routing table (as confirmed by show ip route)?

 

And is the behaviour consistent between vendors (e.g. HP / Cisco)?

 

Kind Regards,

 

Bruce.

Edited July 27, 2020 by Bruce123